Garment hanger



C. B. HERZINGER GARMENT HANGER Feb. 13, 1940.

Filed Oct. 19; 1957 E 31 El. Herzin EP- GARMENT HANGER v Car-1B.Herzinger, Los Angelcs, Calif. Application Uctolier 19, 1937, flerialNo. 169,816

2 Claim.

This invention relates to garment gripping devices that are adapted tobe removably applied to coat hangers.

An important object of the invention is to pro- .vide a garment grippingdevice that may be readily applied to wooden or metal coat hangers ofusual form. whereby womens skirts and mens trousers may be suspendedtherefrom. v

A further object is to provide a garment gripping device that may beadjustably mounted on a coat hanger, whereby to adaptv the same togarments of varying sizes.

I accomplish the above objects by means of the device described in thefollowing specification reference being had to the accompanying drawingin which,

Fig. l is a side elevation of a coat hanger with my garment grippingdevices mounted thereon and a womans skirt. suspended therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a coat hanger with my gripping devicesmounted thereon and a pair of mens trousers suspended therefrom.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of oneform oi the device for use inconnection with the suspension oi a womans skirt.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to the above for use in connection with thesuspension of mens trousers.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section of the device for hanging awomans-slrlrt taken on line t-t of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section of the device for hanging a man'strousers taken on line t:@ of Fig. 2. I

Fig. l is a side elevation of a modified form of garment grippingdevice.

Fig. 8 is a cross section taken of Fig. I.

It is now the practice of garment cleaning;

establishments to deliver garments cleaned by them disposed on wooden orwire hers, and

as these hangers are of simple construction and inexpensive no charge ismade for them. In some sections of the country notably the westernsection wooden hangers of arcuate form are used, while in the easternsection wire hangers oi endless form are employed. While these hangersanswer the purpose of the cleaner, they 'do not maintain skirts andtrousers in an unwrlnkled condition. and furthermore garments suspendedtherefrom are often accidentally detached.

By means of my invention which is easily applied to the hangers of thetype mentioned skirts and trousers suspended therefrom are not readilyon line fi-t ierence being that the ends oi the legs IB and Form 6 isintended for suspending womens l0 skirts from hangers, while form 6 isdesigned to engage and suspend men's trousers. Both, forms areconstructed from a single piece of resilient wire, bent upon itself toform resilient garment gripping members is and IS, the uppermost end 15being formed into an angular loop 8 consisting of a lateral cross piecet upwardly and outwardly extending portions iii and l I, andlongitudinally extending portions I2 and it, a lateral bridge member itsecured to the longitudinal portions i 2 and it, maintaining the twoportions in spaced relation and iorming a closed loop. Bridge member it;and the cross piece t form a look when the devices are mounted on thehanger H and a garment suspended therefrom and prevent a movement of thedevices when in an ad jiisted position, the tension oi. the garment orshirt suspended therefrom against the resilient legs iii and it slightlycanting the devices to' lock the same as heretofore set forth. 7 1 30The outer portions of the devices extending from the bridges it are bentdownwardly to form garment engaging legs it and it. the ends of saidlegs being secured together by a garment engingmember iii formed ofafrictional ma terial such as rubber, or a similar substance.

The gripping devices t for suspending mens trousers therefrom areexactly similar in all respects to the form just described. the onlydifit are not secured together, each end being provided with a garmentengaging member it formed of the same material as members I1 used onform 5.

The modified form illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 is intended for use inconnection with the endless wire garment hangers 20 heretoforementioned. In this form" the only diflere'nce between the precedingforms resides in the manner of attachment of the bridge member 2|. it,being pivotally mounted onthe longitudinal portion I! of the device inorder that the same maybe readily mounted on the cross bar 22 of theendless hanger. In Fig. 8 the bridge 2i is shown with its free endresting on the upper surface of horizontal bar 22 0! the hanger 20.

The method of attaching the modified form of device on the horizontalbar 22 of the hanger is quite simple, the pivoted bridge member beingswung downwardly (as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 8) in order that thelongitudinally extending portions I 2 and I: may be passed above thebar.

22 of the hanger to permit the bridge member ll to swing into operativeposition as shown in full lines, its under face resting on the cross bar22 of the hanger.

The method of utilizing the gripping members in connection with thehangers'heretbfore described is comparatively simple. The forms used inFigs. 1 and 2 being merely slipped over the ends of the wooden hanger orsupport H and adjusted laterally thereon to conform to the size of theskirt that is to be suspended therefrom. when suspending a skirt 8 thelegs I! and it of the device are inserted in its upper open end, asshown in Fig. 2 and the devices are then drawn apart. The resiliency ofthe depending legs securely engaging the skirt and holding the same inpositive engagement. In the form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6 the legs15 and ii are inserted in the ends of the trousers legs and the devicesare drawn apart to firmly engage the fabric of the trousers and securelyhold them against dislodgement. The function of the devices shown in themodified i'orm illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 is exactly the same as theforms 'shown in the preceding figures of the drawing.

From the above it will be seen that I have devised an extremely simpledevice that may be readily attached to garment hangers of ordinary formandwhichwill securely hold'the garments suspended therefrom againstaccidental dislodgement. l

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a support, and a pair of garment engagingmembers slidably mounted thereon, each of said garment engaging membersbeing formed of a single piece of spring wire bent upon itself to formdepending garment engaging legs; bridge means connected with the legsadjacent the bent portion to form a closed loop, the' bridge meansengaging the upper edge of the support and the bent portion engaging thelower edge of the support, whereby when a garment is supported from thelegs of said garment supporting members the tension of the suspendedgarment against the legs of the hangers will cant the looped ends of thegarment supporting members to lock the same in rigid engagement with thesupport.

2. A garment hanger comprising a support, a pair of garment engagingmembers slidably mounted thereon, each of said garment engaging membersbeing formed of a single piece of resilient wire bent upon itself toform depending garment engaging legs, a. bridge member secured to-thelegs of the garment engaging members adjacent the bent portion to form aclosed loop, the bridge portion resting on the upper edge of the supportand the bent portion engaging the lower edge of the support whereby whena garment is supported from the legs of said garment engaging membersthe tension of the suspended garmen against the legs of the hangers willcant the looped ends of the garment supporting members to lock the samein rigid engagement with the support.

- QARL B. HERZINGER.

